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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]They can’t get rid of athletic preferences or they won’t be able to field a team.  It makes no sense.[/b]

I still don’t see how colleges won’t be able to still keep doing it with.holistic admissions .  The whole process is such a random crapshoot anyway,  [/quote]

Maybe sports really shouldn't be that important to colleges.  Much better things to spend the money on. [/quote]

It's customer-driven, and you don't get to decide where I should spend my money.[/quote]

what customer?  if they want to be business, they should pay taxes like businesses and don't get any State/Federal supports[/quote]

I am the customer.  I am full-pay for multiple kids.  I get to choose who gets my money.  Others have the same choice.  If a school wants that money, they better provide the product I want.  Otherwise that money goes to their competitor.[/quote]

Ok, how much are you paying per year. How much is a football team making from season ticket holders, their conference's TV deal, even donors who only care about football or basketball? [/quote]

For the elite D3 schools with sports, it's the full-paying customers like me that ensure sports always be there.  Those schools will need to ensure that their teams are filled, and athletes will have a preference in admissions. [/quote]

Money is money.  The schools can collect it from the nerds as easily as the jocks.[/quote]  No they can't.  Tickets don't sell quite as quickly or as high priced for the Integration Bee.[/quote]

Sorry, but no one buys any tickets to D3 sports.  No one knows or cares about any of the competitions, except for the few people involved.   That goes for most D1 and D2 competitions as well [/quote]

D3 sports doesn't collect money from ticket sales.  They collect money from full-pay students, which skew heavily towards athletes.  It's a market, and those full-pay students get to choose where they spend their money.  And for the foolish notion that somehow non-athletes would just fill those full-pay slots....if that were true, schools with no athletic departments like Olin College would have people beating down their doors...it isn't happening.[/quote]

D3 sports do not fund their athletes. They are full pay. 
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They provide it under special scholarships and different merit awards.  It's not called an athletic scholarship, but they definitely find ways to throw some cash to an athlete they want.[/quote]

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